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28-Jun-06 14:00 - 16:00 WEIFI — Session on TT and for Industry
WEIFI — Session on TT and for Industry
How to Create a Business out of Manufacturing Linacs
AccSys Technology, Inc. was established in
R.W. Hamm (AccSys)
1985 by the author and several colleagues to
sell ion linacs based on the new linac technology
that had just been developed at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. The company is now the leading
manufacturer of turn-key ion linacs for several markets worldwide. This paper will describe the history of AccSys
and how it has survived more than 20 years manufacturing these specialized products. The similarities of AccSys’
history to that of a small electron linac manufacturer established in 1970 will also be described to provide a general
concept of what is required to create a business out of manufacturing linacs.
Can the Accelerator Control System be Bought from Industry?
This presentation is intended for project lead-
M. Plesko (Cosylab)
ers and specialists, whose components depend
on the control system, which is nearly
everybody apart from control experts. The presentation will explain the basic concepts of an accelerator control
system, illustrate the similarities and differences among the most popular packages, which are nicely disguised in
acronyms such as EPICS, TANGO, TINE, DOOCS, COACK, XAL, CDEV, etc. and compare them to commercial
control systems (DCS and SCADA) and LabView. The second part of the presentation will analyse whether a control
system is in principle a component as any other and whether therefore in principle it should be bought eventually
from a competent supplier like all the other components. It will identify the reasons why many people are reluctant to
outsource control systems and illustrate this with some personal experiences and suggestions how to overcome these
problems. The talk will conclude by showing how naively we have started a spin-off company* to commercialize the
accelerator control system that we have developed, how we have found sustainable sources of business, and how we
see the future in this and related markets.
* Cosylab - Control System Laboratory, www.cosylab.com
Synchrotron Technology for Industrial Research, Development and Quality Assurance -
Experience in Commercial Services
This presentation will describe the product,
T. Baumbach (FZ Karlsruhe)
the market for it, the industrial environment
and future projection or uses for it. It will
provide a full scientific description of the development, design and performance of the product, and describe the
problems, the challenges, the barriers (if any) and how to overcome them. The presentation will conclude with an
analysis of what went right, what went wrong, and give advice to potential newcomers to this field.
272 Chair: D.M. Lewis (GE HC, Amersham, Bucks)